TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on December 11, 2025, that her office has secured a prison sentence for a drug dealer who marketed fruit-flavored cocaine, and she issued a statewide consumer alert about the emerging illegal drug trend.

HOLBROOK, Ariz. — After a high-speed pursuit and shootout with law enforcement that spanned several miles and ended off Bucket of Blood Street near U.S. 180, south of Interstate 40 in Holbrook, the suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to authorities.

APACHE COUNTY — In the summer of 1936, high on the shoulder of Escudilla Mountain near Alpine and Nutrioso, a government trapper killed the last grizzly bear in Arizona, 'Old Bigfoot.' Nearly ninety years later, new voices are calling to bring the grizzly back to Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Senate Public Safety Committee Chairman Kevin Payne is intensifying his investigation into the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) after a series of alarming incidents within the state's prison system, including inmate deaths, suicides, overdoses, assaults on correctional officers, and the discovery of confiscated weapons. The escalation of these events has raised serious concerns about the safety of both inmates and correctional officers across the state.

AZ Capital—Arizona Republicans and Democrats came together over Arizona's first "Stolen Valor" bill, sponsored by AZ Rep. Blackman, only to have AZ Senator Wendy Rogers swat their efforts. The fate of the bill now rests with Senate President Warren Peterson.